GAINESVILLE.—The chairman of Jacksonville-based Brooks Health System announced today that Brooks Health Foundation will donate $2.5 million to the University of Florida College of Health Professions to establish a rehabilitation studies center. The gift is eligible for state-matching funds, bringing the total to $5 million.

GAINESVILLE — Although retailers often view markdowns and clearance sales as necessary evils, a systematic and pre-planned markdown system will actually lead to even greater profits for the retailer, according to a University of Florida study.

GAINESVILLE — It’s a familiar scenario: A project starts out as a group effort but quickly becomes the burden of a few diligent souls who do their share and carry the load for the other slackers as well.

GAINESVILLE—University of Florida physicians at Shands Cardiovascular Center at UF are the first in the state to test whether low-dose radiation administered within a coronary artery at the time of angioplasty can help keep the vessel open.

GAINESVILLE — University of Florida College of Engineering Dean Win Phillips has been offered and accepted the position of vice president for research and dean of the Graduate School, UF President John V. Lombardi announced today.

GAINESVILLE — The Spanish would never have survived to give Florida its name and heritage in the 17th century without the Indians who lived at missions strung out across the state, says a University of Florida researcher.

GAINESVILLE—Findings from two novel animal studies indicate autism and schizophrenia may be linked to an individual’s inability to properly break down a protein found in milk, University of Florida researchers report in this month’s issue of the journal Autism.

GAINESVILLE — The grocery store business is changing, leaving consumers with fewer choices and higher prices and manufacturers with less leverage than ever before, according to a study by a University of Florida researcher.

GAINESVILLE — University of Florida researchers have found a possible solution to a problem that has plagued air pollution control efforts for years: how to control smog-causing emissions from small sources ranging from industrial boilers to lawn mowers.

GAINESVILLE — Consumer confidence in Florida soared last month to the highest point in the 15-year history of the index, partly because of strong optimism among women about U.S. business conditions, University of Florida economists report.

GAINESVILLE — A remade Republican Party is filling the political vacuum left by Democrats and is in a position to govern Florida for at least a generation, says a University of Florida researcher and expert on state government.

FORT LAUDERDALE—New Formosan “super termite” infestations in Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie counties indicate the pest is spreading at an alarming rate throughout the state, says a University of Florida termite expert.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dr. Robert Quarles Marston, physician, educator, former director of the National Institutes of Health and the seventh president of the University of Florida, died of cancer today at Hospice of North Central Florida in Gainesville. He was 76.